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Mitford Water District (Sc2020005)

Operator location Great Falls, South Carolina - 0% of 33 violations are health-based (lower-third health share (≤ 1%)); surface water source; 1,878 served per SDWIS.

1,878
People served (this PWS) Middle third of systems
33
EPA violations (this PWS) Middle third of systems
0
Health-based (this PWS) Lower third by health-based share
Untested
UCMR5 (this PWS) No UCMR5 result
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Mitford Water District (Sc2020005) standing, mid SDWIS violation third

0% of 33 recorded violations are health-based - lower-third health share (≤ 1%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 0% is lower-third health share (≤ 1%). Population rank #14,122 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.

The verdict

Mitford Water District (Sc2020005) lands in the middle third by violation volume (33), large enough for peer comparisons without matching the fleet's heaviest ledgers. Population served is mid-pack at 1,878 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is only 0% - almost all of this trail is monitoring or reporting. No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.

#14,122 of 29,740
Population · /systems
#208 of 314
Population · SC
33
Total EPA violations on record
0%
Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)

Population ordinals match the sitemap cohort (systems serving 500+, population_served DESC). See methodology · corpus placement.

B
Water Safety Score
72/100
Mitford Water District (Sc2020005)

Based on EPA SDWIS violation history and UCMR5 PFAS testing only, not water taste, odor, infrastructure age, or contaminants outside the federally tracked set.

Health-based violations A+
0
EPA SDWIS health-based violations on record (MCL, MRDL, treatment technique)
Monitoring & reporting violations F
33
Non-health SDWIS violations (monitoring, reporting, and other compliance)
PFAS contamination N/A
Not UCMR5-tested
Highest PFAS compound level detected in UCMR5 testing

System Details

System Type
Community
Owner Type
Private
Connections
1,203
County
Fairfield
School/Daycare
No
MCL Violations
0
Monitoring Violations
33
Treatment Tech Violations
0

Violation History

Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.

Contaminant Category Count Latest
Lead and Copper Rule MR 6 2014
TTHM MR 2 2023
Coliform (TCR) MR 2 1992
Stage 2 Disinfectants and Disinfection Byproducts Rule MR 1 2009
Carbon tetrachloride MR 1 1991
1,1,1-Trichloroethane MR 1 1991
Toluene MR 1 1991
DICHLOROMETHANE MR 1 1991
cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene MR 1 1991
1,2-Dichloroethane MR 1 1991
Styrene MR 1 1991
CHLOROBENZENE MR 1 1991
o-Dichlorobenzene MR 1 1991
1,2-Dichloropropane MR 1 1991
1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene MR 1 1991
ETHYLENE DIBROMIDE MR 1 1991
Trichloroethylene MR 1 1991
trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene MR 1 1991
1,2-DIBROMO-3-CHLOROPROPANE MR 1 1991
Tetrachloroethylene MR 1 1991
1,1,2-Trichloroethane MR 1 1991
p-Dichlorobenzene MR 1 1991
Ethylbenzene MR 1 1991
Vinyl chloride MR 1 1991
1,1-Dichloroethylene MR 1 1991
Benzene MR 1 1991

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

Mitford Water District (Sc2020005) has 33 recorded EPA violations, 45% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 54% carry more. 0% of this system's own violations are health-based (0 of 33), and it ranks #14,122 of 29,740 by population served among that same cohort.

EPA violations vs. the national water-system corpus

Public water systems serving 500+ people (EPA SDWIS)

33 Lower than most fewer violations than 54% of 29,740 water systems

the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more water systems. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count and share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15

How many violations vs. how serious, among peer systems

Mitford Water District (Sc2020005) plotted against 29 peer public water systems (500+ people served), by total violation count (x) and the share of those violations that are health-based (y). The crosshair sits at this sample's own median on each axis. A high violation count does not automatically mean a serious record: most monitoring and reporting violations are minor, not health-based.

Violation volume vs. health-based share

30 public water systems (500+ people served), EPA SDWIS current release. 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 30 entities by Total violations (X) and Health-based share (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. Frequent and seriousRare but seriousFrequent, mostly paperworkClean record 0200400600 0%20%40%60%80%100% Total violations Health-based share Violation volume vs. health-based share Miccosukee Service Plaza-0, 0%Brazoria - Fort Bend Counties MUD 3-0, 0%Tanglewilde Thompson Place 600-2, 0%Center Water Co-5, 0%Montgomery Co RWD 12-7, 29%Spring Mills Elem School/Hvs-9, 0%Irvin Water District #6-11, 27%Great Bend Industrial Park-14, 0%Nooksack Valley Water Association-16, 31%Glen Park Village-19, 0%Camp Is-Sho-Da-22, 0%Kipling Oaks 1-25, 16%McLouth, City Of-29, 17%Hamilton-33, 0%Pine Valley Plantation-37, 24%Lake Gibson Estates-42, 2%Ticonderoga WD-47, 26%Town of Welaka-54, 0%Township of Blairstown Dpw-61, 0%McIntosh Water & Fire Pro Authority-71, 0%Sunset Ridge Water District-82, 15%South Deerfield Water Supply District-96, 16%Clarkdale Municipal Water System-114, 0%Orange Water Dept-136, 14%Mount Pleasant Water Sys #1-167, 11%Benson Culinary Improvement District-212, 1%Eureka Water Association-273, 0%City of Ballinger-372, 85%Conemaugh Twp Muni Auth-567, 1%Mitford Water District (Sc2020005)-33, 0%
30 public water systems (500+ people served), EPA SDWIS current release.

Health-based violations on Mitford Water District (Sc2020005)

0 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for SC2020005.

EPA SDWIS · PWS SC2020005

Sources: EPA SDWIS

Nationwide peers

33 violations · 1,878 served: nearest cross-state SDWIS matches.

Cross-state systems near this violation count

Nearest cross-state community systems (500+ served) by total SDWIS violations on record.

4 peers

Cross-state systems near this population served

Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).

4 peers

What to do with Mitford Water District

Use this system's EPA-reported record as a starting filter, not a final verdict.

EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 figures are informational only, not a substitute for a certified lab test of your own tap water.

Data sourced from EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 PFAS monitoring data. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainWater

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